President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Nigerian women on the International Women’s Day, which is celebrated today, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
Buhari, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by one of his media aides, Garba Shehu, assured women of his government’s commitment to cater for their well-being and progress.
The President said in the statement that the theme of this year’s International Women’s day, ‘Pledge for Parity,’ is consistent with the promise by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to remove all impediments to the realization of equality by Nigerian women and he assures them that his administration will continue to do all within its powers to fulfil that pledge.
He said his administration will commit itself to the promotion of women’s rights and the well-being of women in all geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
The President then directed the “Federal Ministry of Women Affairs to move quickly to identify critical issues militating against the well-being and progress of Nigerian women, with a view to rapidly devising adequate plans, programmes and strategies to address them.”
The International Women’s Day is a day set aside by the global community to encourage and celebrate women’s social, cultural, economic and political achievements.
